Thursday, March 16, 2006

We all know butterflies are fragile, so fragile that if you accidentally held your palms over them too tight, you’d kill them. The color in them would literally rub off on your hands if you stroked their wings. The same goes for dragon flies. Well they’re noisy of course but these are transparent. So it’s not too difficult to imagine insects as transparent.

In reality they just don’t have too much color on their wings. The same holds for transparent butterflies. However, even devoid of some of their color, they still are magnificent, as grand as they are meant to be. And the only thing you can thing of when you see them is to say hush, and hold your breath for as long as possible just so that they sit around for a little longer. Transparent butterflies are not a myth but certainly a rarity. And if you ever se one, look at the world through its wings and you’ll find a new meaning in life.

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I saw some in my fieldwork in Paraguay last year, they are beautiful--perhaps these particular species are only found down to Panama but there are some transparent-winged butterflies in the middle of South America as well.

If it really exists, how come all the legitimate butterfly sites on the Internet are missing this one? Don't be fooled. If you like to see fun pictures like this, OK, but don't delude yourself into thinking nature has to be even more beautiful than it really is. Use your head. Look closely at the pictures and then investigate a little further before accepting this.

Silla my Sis, Thank you for sharing this giftyou are righthere is something so beautiful, you only want to say how Great is God If we mortal souls can see how great His divine works are we would be kinder to each other And love the Gift of lifeSDBP

Of course these are real and beautiful. Here is a link to a "legitimate butterfly site" (whatever that is)of a glasswing butterfly

http://www.butterflyhousegallery.co.uk/BUTTERFLY/page/image5.html

No one should not be fooled in to believing everything but one should also learn to look more closely at what they are seeing and not instantly thing everything is a scam. Be thoughtful in what you say :)

These clear-wing Ithomine butterflies are found from Mexico down to most countries in South America, not just Mexico to Panama, and there are dozens of species, looking almost alike, making identification very hard. I've collected 5 or 6 different species at the same time and thought I only had 1 or 2, and I've been collecting butterflies in the tropics since 1975.

At the right time of year you can enter a streambed next to a jungle road and see dozens or even hundreds of these butterflies back in the shady areas flying all over the place.

Greta oto or the GlassWing, as they are commonly referred too, are indeed real and if you need a credible website to see them you can visit http://www.reimangardens.com. They can also be seen in real life if you visit their Butterfly House at certain times of the year.

These are some extraordinary pictures (I wonder who took them) of amazing creatures. This post has all the makings of the perfect pictorial blogpost: a little copyright infringement, a skeptic who insists it must be a photoshopped hoax, and a controversial comment sparking a mini-flame.

BTW, Steven: How dare you say "Don't listen to Phil"?! I have a personal,deeply held belief in Phil. Once you open your heart to Phil, I'm sure you too will see the light.

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These butterflies are not only found in Central America but are even more abundant in South America, particularly in Peru. The Peruvian Amazon holds the most abundance and diversity for butterflies in the world.

The glasswings are my forte, they come from a family known as the Ithomiinaes and they are not as fragile as you may think. They are very strong creatures that can adapt quickly to natural and unnatural disturbances. I wrote an article on the glasswing butterflies a few months back,

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